Give him more of each viand at each feeding.
Feed him as soon as he wakes.

Then time the feedings two hours apart.

Are your _clepsydras_ [Footnote: water-clocks] good ?" "Of the best," I interjected.

"My uncle was a fancier of time-keepers and had one in every room, and no two alike in ornamentation, all beautifully decorated." "The ornamentation doesn't matter," said Galen, impatiently.

"Do they keep time with anything approaching accuracy ?" "As near accuracy," I said, "as any _clepsydras_ ever made." "Well," he said, "_clepsydras_ always work better when nearly full than when nearly empty.